Ischnocnema izecksohni
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Clade: | Brachycephaloidea |
| Family: | Brachycephalidae |
| Genus: | Ischnocnema |
| Species: | I. izecksohni |
| Binomial name | |
| Ischnocnema izecksohni (Caramaschi and Kisteumacher, 1989) | |
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Ischnocnema izecksohni is a species of frogs in the family Brachycephalidae. It is endemic to the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and known from the Espinhaço and Mantiqueira Mountains.[1][2] Common name Izecksohn's robber frog has been coined for this species.[2][4]
Etymology
The specific name izecksohni honours Eugênio Izecksohn, a Brazilian herpetologist.[3][4]
Description
The type series consists of three individuals, an adult male measuring 32 mm (1.3 in) and two adult females measuring 44 and 49 mm (1.7 and 1.9 in) in snout–vent length. It is a relatively slender Ischnocnema. The head is as wide as long. The canthus rostralis is distinct. The tympanum is relatively small but distinct. The fingers and toes are slender with apical discs, most of them small. The dorsum is smooth and has minute, scattered tubercles. The upper eyelids are tuberculate.[3]
Habitat and conservation
Its natural habitats are gallery forests and forest edges along creeks at elevations of 700–800 m (2,300–2,600 ft) above sea level. It also survives in secondary forests. It lives in leaf-litter on the forest floor. It is threatened by habitat loss and degradation caused by logging, disturbance due to tourism, and infrastructure development.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group & Instituto Boitatá de Etnobiologia e Conservação da Fauna (2023). "Ischnocnema izecksohni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T56679A172220586. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T56679A172220586.en. Retrieved 25 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 Frost, Darrel R. (2017). "Ischnocnema izecksohni (Caramaschi and Kisteumacher, 1989)". Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- 1 2 3 Caramaschi, Ulisses; Kisteumacher, Geraldo (1989) [1988]. "A new species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil". Herpetologica. 44 (4): 423–426. JSTOR 3892407. N.b. The nominal publication year was 1988, whereas the actual year was 1989.
- 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2013). The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians. Pelagic Publishing. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-907807-42-8.